BROTHER INTERNATIONAL EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£8.9m
EUR 10,351,895
+11.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£289m
EUR 337,702,000
+1.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
181
-1.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£31m
EUR 35,953,063
-42.2% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of BROTHER INTERNATIONAL EUROPE LIMITED's latest filing
A look inside the accounts for Brother International Europe. Core trading improved, but a drop in finance income dragged the bottom line down. 🖨️📉
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £818,146,460 | £865,042,066 | £816,843,458 | -5.6% | |
| Operating profit | £30,845,035 | £4,620,958 | £5,834,814 | +26.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £58,711,785 | £53,232,676 | £30,792,277 | -42.2% | |
| Net profit | £50,347,773 | £50,351,990 | £28,608,549 | -43.2% | |
| Cash | £8,361,973 | £7,949,173 | £8,865,960 | +11.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £285,246,194 | £285,409,604 | £289,371,293 | +1.4% | |
| Net assets | £285,123,665 | £285,218,854 | £289,227,475 | +1.4% | |
| Equity | £285,123,665 | £285,218,854 | £289,227,475 | +1.4% | |
| Average employees | 177 | 184 | 181 | -1.6% | |
| Wages | £10,569,910 | £11,009,889 | £11,112,560 | +0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £654,001 | £875,915 | £583,389 | -33.4% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.856 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 5.8% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.8% | 1.6% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.0% | 37.1% | 30.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.52x | 2.12x | 2.58x | |
| Interest cover | 40.21x | 25.43x | 8.02x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BROTHER INTERNATIONAL EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Brother Central and Eastern Europe GmbH 100%
- Brother International S.A./N.V. 100%
- Brother France S.A. 100%
- Brother International Germany GmbH 100%
- Brother International (Nederland) B.V. 100%
- Brother International Corporation (Ireland)DAC 100%
- Brother (Schweiz) A.G. 100%
- Brother UK Limited 100%
- Brother Nordic A/S 100%
- Brother Italia SPA 100%
- Brother Iberia 100%
- Brother Limited Liability Company 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2026 a bulk annuity buy in of the Brother Staff Retirement Benefit scheme was completed”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUXTON, Anthony Brian | Secretary | 2018-04-24 | — | — |
| MARSHALL, Chris | Director | 2022-06-17 | May 1966 | British |
| OSAWA, Toru | Director | 2022-06-17 | Oct 1973 | Japanese |
| OTA, Hisashi | Director | 2024-04-01 | Jul 1973 | Japanese |
| SEO, Takeshi | Director | 2023-06-06 | Sep 1975 | Japanese |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, John Frederick Felix | Secretary | — | 1992-06-09 |
| LOCKTON, Geoffrey Charles | Secretary | 1992-06-09 | 2018-04-24 |
| ASAKURA, Hideo | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1996-02-29 |
| DAY, John Frederick Felix | Director | — | 1992-06-09 |
| FURUKAWA, Yuji | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2007-04-27 |
| FUTO, Hisao | Director | 1995-01-10 | 2003-03-21 |
| HERRING, Gunter | Director | — | 1991-10-06 |
| HIRATA, Seiichi | Director | 1994-04-13 | 2000-03-31 |
| IDO, Toyomi | Director | 1999-06-09 | 2006-04-24 |
| IKEDA, Kazufumi | Director | 2009-04-27 | 2013-04-25 |
| ISHIGURO, Tadashi | Director | 2015-05-07 | 2016-04-26 |
| ISHIGURO, Yuji | Director | 2006-04-24 | 2012-04-01 |
| IWAMOTO, Atsushi | Director | 2005-01-26 | 2008-04-29 |
| KACHI, Hiroyuki | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2020-04-01 |
| KAMENOUCHI, Takafumi | Director | 2007-04-27 | 2009-04-27 |
| KAYABA, Shoichi | Director | — | 2005-01-26 |
| KILLEAVY, Brendan James | Director | 2004-02-26 | 2017-09-30 |
| KOIDE, Tetsuro | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2015-05-07 |
| KOJIMA, Akira | Director | — | 1995-01-10 |
| LOCKTON, Geoffrey Charles | Director | 1992-06-09 | 2018-04-24 |
| METCALFE, Ian Desmond | Director | 2013-04-25 | 2022-06-17 |
| NOJI, Isao | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| NOMURA, Kaoru | Director | 1996-02-29 | 1999-04-01 |
| OTA, Katsuto | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2016-04-26 |
| RUDLOFF, Harald | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| SHIMIZU, Masao | Director | 1995-01-10 | 2002-03-15 |
| SIER, Fredericus Henricus Johannes | Director | 1995-01-10 | 2008-09-30 |
| SUEFUJI, Akinori | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2001-04-01 |
| SUZUKI, Hiroshi | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2004-06-30 |
| SUZUKI, Hiroshi | Director | — | 1995-07-01 |
| SUZUKI, Hitoshi | Director | 2003-03-21 | 2007-04-27 |
| TADA, Yuichi | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2017-04-01 |
| TAZAKI, Kazuaki | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| TORII, Hiroshi | Director | 1999-06-09 | 2004-09-22 |
| TSUCHIYA, Hideki | Director | 1993-02-25 | 2000-03-10 |
| UCHIBAYASHI, Toru | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2018-04-24 |
| UEHARA, Norio | Director | — | 1995-01-10 |
| YAMADA, Fumihiro | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2009-04-27 |
| YAMADA, Takeshi | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2023-06-06 |
| YASUI, Tomomasa | Director | — | 1994-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.